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- Batis ituriensis
Identification
Sexually dimorphic. Small, short-tailed Batis ( 9 cm ). Male. Dark grey forehead and crown ( forehead darker in very good views ), no white nape spot. Mantle, rump and uppertail coverts dark grey.Small white spot above the lores. Lores and earcoverts black. Chin and throat white. Breastband medium broad and black, rest of underparts white. Wings and tail as other Batis. Female very similar to male except rear crown, nape and rest of upperparts lighter grey, making black forehead more noticable, small white spot above the lores and thin white supercillia reaching to white nape spot from just behind the eye. Eye yellow, bill and legs black.
Distribution
Western Africa: found in the humid forests of Zaire and adjacent western Uganda
Taxonomy
Monotypic
Habitat
As other Batis', found in the canopy. Lowland rain forest. Below 1300m.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ituri Batis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ituri_Batis
